More debris sifting

Back to Oxburgh as there is still debris to be sifted through.
Larger pieces this time, not hoover bags, so a lot of pieces of timber from the roof and floor supports. This one shows just how much damage can be done by Death Watch Beetle. The outer surface of the beam looked almost normal but the beetles lay their eggs inside and the damage is done when they hatch and start nibbling away at the heart of the wood until it becomes crumbly and eventually gives way with disastrous effect.
There were lots of pieces of skeletons of mice and birds but one thing I found was greeted with pleasure by our archeologist as we had not found one before in any of bags we had sifted. It was just a simple hat pin - but complete and with a small glass knob at the end. Almost certainly Victorian he said. It was the pale blue glass shining in the dust which caught my eye.
The ‘extras’. show the hat pin, a close up of the head of it, and the skeleton of a mouse’s back leg